Rapper YNW Melly charged with murder

U.S. rapper YNW Melly has been arrested and charged with murdering two other rappers, both said to have been his childhood friends, in Florida.

Miramar Police Department announced the murder charges against him on social media, saying Mr Demons had been arrested for murder alongside another man named Cortlen Henry - who uses the rap name YNW Bortlen.

They say Mr Henry drove both shooting victims to a local hospital at 04:35 local time - where they were declared dead. Miramar Police said the two staged the scene to resemble a drive-by shooting.

"I want you guys to know I love you and appreciate every single one of y'all", Demons wrote on Instagram before surrendering to the police. Police say Demons shot the two, while Henry drove the vehicle; the pair staged the crime scene, a Jeep Compass, to make it appear that a drive-by shooting had taken place.

Both of the victims were friends with Demons and part of the same musical group, in which Williams went by the stage name YNW Sackchaser and Thomas was known as YNW Juvy. Williams and Thomas Jr. were aspiring rappers from Vero Beach.